Chapter 223: Rumors
In troubled times, many heroes have the heart to make meritorious contributions, and the king has the wish to compete for the world.
Hero is a word closely related to values, and those who benefit the world are heroes in the hearts of those who recognize the benefits of the world as righteousness, but in the eyes of those who do not recognize, heroes have another meaning.
Pang Juan considers himself a hero and has his own ideas.
However, in order to implement these ideas, it was necessary to assist Gongzi to ascend to the throne and gain sufficient fame in negotiations with the princes, and then have the opportunity to implement the military reform he envisioned.
Now the situation in Xihe, no war and no peace, the Qin army confronted Henan, and because of the existence of the Mo family, there was such a situation where no one took the initiative to attack.
This provided the conditions for the coup d'Γ©tat envisioned by Pang Juan.
The main force of the warriors was destroyed, but some people were still stationed near Anyi in case of the Battle of Jinyang that year.
Sanjin has all experienced that incident, and the memory of the allies' sudden rebellion is too deep to be guarded against.
Under the surging of conspiracy and undercurrents, he soon got the answer that Pang Juan wanted.
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In a military camp near Anyi, several young people are talking around a campfire.
A young man named Turbidity, whose father had recently been killed in battle, and his father was a military pawn, took his father's place and entered the army to secure their family's land and exemption from military service.
Xun's family is relatively wealthy, because the military pawn is the core of the Xihe defense, so since Wu Qi founded the military pawn system, no one dares to move lightly.
After his father wore a three-layer armor and passed the assessment for the selection of military soldiers, the family was divided into 300 acres of land, and the family did not need to pay taxes and labor.
His uncles did not choose to split the family, but lived together as a family, and the highest status in the family was the father who exchanged blood taxes for a good life for the family outside.
After several wars and natural disasters, the original village community has undergone great changes in the past 30 years.
Many of the farmers who were required to do labor sold their land in bankruptcy, and their families had sufficient labor and did not need to do labor and pay taxes, so that their families quickly accumulated enough wealth.
With two horses, two cows, and four servant slaves in the family, the original 300 acres of land have now expanded to more than 700 acres.
Therefore, the doctrine of the Mo family is difficult for them to accept here in Xihe Wushu.
When the news of his father's death came, he quickly went to the army to replace him.
When he came, he took one of his family's horses as a war horse, and if the horse was qualified, it could be used as a cavalryman, otherwise it would be used as an infantryman.
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The army would provide weapons, but before leaving, he went to the city to buy a set of leather armor, a set of stirrups, and a small and delicate flint dain, none of which were provided by the army, but he could bring his own.
After joining the army, it was my father's comrade who was responsible for inspecting the horses, and the horse he brought was not qualified, but since they all knew each other, they naturally passed it, and he became a martial knight in the military establishment in the past few years.
The spoils of war belonged to private individuals, and when his father was fighting in Shangjun, he snatched back a lot of things, and taught him the skills of survival in the army: which booty can be grabbed, which is his own, which needs to be shared with his comrades, what kind of village community to raid to have money and booty, and so on.
After joining the army, this kind of family background was quickly integrated into the army.
It's just that in the past few days, my colleagues have been in a bad mood and are all inquiring about the news of land cutting.
In the battle of Linhe, the military soldiers were defeated, and the Qin people invaded and annexed here, and there was news that the land west of the river might be ceded to the Qin state.
Many people's land and homes are in Hexi, which is related to their lives.
I heard that Qin's law is strict, and it is necessary to forcibly divide the family, and such a large family is not allowed to exist. Moreover, those slaves and maids are also qualified to join the army, and if they have made war exploits, they can be turned into commoners, so that they can be divided into their own land.
This is a hope for those farmers who have lost their land and become slaves and slaves.
But for these people, it is tyranny.
The doctrine of the Mo family spread widely in Xihe, but there were very few soldiers who were willing to listen to and believe in the Mo family's system, and once someone really rioted, they would be the most determined suppressors under the prince.
In the battle against the Qin State in the first battle of Linhe, their fathers and colleagues had also tried their best, but the Qin people had more cavalry and more foot soldiers, and finally failed, but the Qin State was unable to drive straight in.
But now, there are rumors that Gongzi is willing to cede the land of Xihe to the Qin people in order to gain the support of the Qin people, so that all countries can unite against Mexico.
This news has been circulating since half a month ago, and some people have added fuel to the fire, and it naturally spreads rapidly.
Turbidity and his comrades were around the campfire, and one of his comrades whispered there: "Nobles, there is not a single good thing. β
"What did they do when they went to war? Did they kill more people than we do? Not really. β
"But they were rewarded with tens of thousands of acres and hundreds of thousands of acres of land, what about us? My father has been fighting all his life, but he only has a few hundred acres of land. Is this fair? β
"Do the nobles eat more than we eat in their mouths? Will they be able to eat wheat and millet from tens of thousands of acres of land? β
While complaining, someone answered: "Meat eaters despise, and they come like this." β
Someone else scolded: "There are many people who are not good things." Merchants are not a good thing, salt is sold so expensive nowadays, and even if it is necessary to make some money to transport salt from the east of the river, it cannot be so expensive. β
"There are also those who sell armor, before joining the army, I went to buy a pair of armor, and I actually asked for so much food. Is...... Hey, they don't need to fight, they just hide at home and make armor, so they can eat enough. β
The new military meritorious small landlords did not like anyone.
The nobles had no military merits and were born with so much land; Merchants have great interests, and they travel far and wide, evading military service, lending usury, and are not good birds; The subordinate farmers are lazy, always thinking about being lazy, and will never do more if they don't urge, which makes them even more disgusted; The wool merchants and the owners of the felt workshops that have appeared in Xihe in recent years also made them feel disgusted, a group of people who are mercenary and know how to make money, have a lot of wealth, and befriend the nobles, but they look down on them, and the soldiers naturally look down on them.
As for the peasants who used to be like them, they also looked down on them, and in their opinion those people were poor because they were incompetent, and if they had the ability to be elected as soldiers, why should the poor sell their land and flee?
As for the next generation, their families can train one person to be a full-time soldier to inherit the profession of a military soldier, far more than a farmer who is required to pay taxes and do hard labor.
In fact, they are already very similar to the scholar class, but the number of this group of scholars is larger, compared with the traditional scholar class inherited from the martial king's war, or the traditional scholar class gradually inherited by the great nobles, they are regarded by the orthodox taxi as nouveau riche who rely on military merits.
Compared with the six arts of gentlemen, in the eyes of traditional noble taxis, these nouveau riche have no background and can only kill people and fight.
The education that he received since childhood was war education, and he did not need to be literate or have the opportunity to read, he only needed to know how to use weapons, how to boil his body, how to snatch trophies, how to escape and how to save his life, and that was enough.
Now listening to his comrades talking about these dissatisfaction with the nobles, when Xun was about to say a few words, someone coughed lightly and whispered: "Chief Sima is here." β
These people all stopped talking, and after Sima Chang came over, these people all stood up and asked Sima Chang to sit down. The dignity and order of the military are extremely serious, and the gap between veterans, recruits, officers and non-commissioned officers is extremely large, and only in this way can combat effectiveness and obedience to orders be guaranteed.
Some people believe that as soon as the firearms and bronze cannons are released, the poorest and numb fiefdom farmers who do not know their own benefits are the best soldiers; And the atmosphere of respect and orderliness in the army, and the awe and fear of the commanders is the discipline that can fight to the death.
It was difficult for them to understand how the system of teaching soldiers to read and write and making everyone participate in politics similar to that of the people before them could ensure that soldiers with their own ideas could fight in the face of rows of fallen comrades.
If you don't understand, you can't learn.
Xun looked at Sima Chang with some fear, and Sima Chang asked, "What were you talking about just now?" β
None of the people answered, and Sima Chang said again: "But let's talk about the matter of cutting the West River land?" β
Everyone was silent, and Sima Chang waved his hand and said, "Sit down." My home is also in Xihe, how can I not pay attention to this matter? β
"Speaking of which, hum ......"
Seeing that Sima Chang was also similar to what they thought, he whispered: "Sima Chang, I heard that Gongzi Gang thinks that if there is a war with the Mo family, it is necessary to guarantee the land and family of the martial soldiers. We also hate the Mo family, who think that the land should be distributed along with the subordinate serfs and maids on the land. If there is a war against Mexico, we will also fight. Just ......"
"But if you cut the river of the West...... I heard that Gongzi said that if the land of the West River is cut, will the nobles of the court and the central government take out the land to compensate us, so that we can have land to settle our families, so that we can fight bravely? β
This has not been rumored in the army for a day or two, in fact, the rumors are even more difficult to hear.
It is said that Gongzi Zhen argued in Luoyi and did not cede Xihe, but Gongzi Chu contacted the princes in Anyi, saying that as long as I became the Marquis of Wei, then the matter of ceding the land would be easy to discuss.
And Gongzi Gang believes that even if he wants to cut the land and fight against Mexico, he must first arrange the lives of these warriors and soldiers, so that they can experience a hard battle without worrying about their families.
In fact, these are all, because the problems of Wei are actually easy to solve, the nobles occupy a large number of land and population, not without a land population, but even if the people of Gongzi's faction spread rumors, they don't dare to lead the problem to this, otherwise the nobles of Wei will be the first to do Gongzi.
Besides, if there is too much talk about this kind of thing, then there is a suspicion of being in ink, and it is easy for the Mo family's set of doctrines that are dissatisfied with the world to breed in the army.
Therefore, when the rumors were rumored, they didn't mention anything about what to do and where the land came from, but just made a promise: Gongzi is a good person and wants to benefit the soldiers, but Gongzi is a bad person and is not allowed.
Someone gets it, someone has to lose, who loses the land to compensate for the soldiers after the land is cut? Nobody said.
It seems that you only need to support Gongzi and get rid of Gongzi, then all the problems will be solved.